Table 1. Socio demographic characteristics of epileptic patients attending at the neurology clinic of TASH, 2017.

Variables		Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Sex	Male	154	52.9
	Female	137	47.1
Age	Adolescent (<18)	39	13.4
	Young adult (18–30)	146	50.2
	Adult (31–60)	99	34.0
	Elderly (>60)	7	2.4
Marital status	Single	185	63.6
	Married	97	33.3
	Divorced	5	1.7
	Widowed	4	1.4
Residential area	Addis Ababa	238	81.8
	Out of Addis Ababa	53	18.2
Educational status	No formal	16	5.5
	Primary	88	30.2
	Secondary	105	36.1
	Tertiary	82	28.2
Occupation	Unemployed	112	38.5
	Employed	69	23.7
	Private/ merchant	49	16.8
	Student	50	17.2
	Daily labourer	2	0.7
	Farmer	6	2.1
	Others*	3	1.0
Source of medication	Free	140	48.1
	Payment	151	51.9

* retired